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date	11/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Landfill Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of increasing landfill tax on the prevalence of waste crime.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	17803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>At Spring Budget 2024, the government announced that Landfill Tax rates in England and Northern Ireland will be adjusted from 1 April 2025. This will restore their value following a period of high inflation which was not foreseen by the OBR when rates were pre-announced.</p><p>The government remains committed to tackling waste crime which is a blight on local communities, harms the environment and undermines legitimate businesses operating in the sector.</p><p>The government agreed with the Public Accounts Committee’s recommendation that the current ongoing review of Landfill Tax takes account of incentives to commit waste crime. Alongside this, DEFRA has announced the introduction of digital waste tracking from 2025 and reform of the licensing system, whilst multi-agency enforcement action through the Joint Unit for Waste Crime continues to disrupt criminal activity in the sector.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 14/03/2024 12:39:06 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1329643

registered interest
date	04/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Landfill Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2021 to Question 78 on Landfill Tax, how the £1.563bn yield was calculated; and how his Department defines the risks referred to.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	10185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2021 answer text <p>The yield is the total financial impact flowing from HMRC interventions in relation to landfill tax, as recorded on HMRC management information systems. It includes additional tax paid to HMRC, tax losses prevented, financial penalties and estimated additional future tax flowing from the interventions.</p><p> </p><p>The risks that this yield flowed from were mainly suspected evasion or avoidance of landfill tax, but also include situations where interpretation of the law is disputed by HMRC and the tax paying entity.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/06/2021 15:03:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1316777

registered interest
date	20/05/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Landfill Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies pay landfill tax in the UK as at 20 May 2021.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	4545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2021 answer text <p>The response provided related to landfill tax fraud.</p><p> </p><p>Two Honourable Members have met with HMRC on their investigation into the suspected systematic abuse of the landfill tax system, referred to as Operation Nosedive.</p><p> </p><p>Landfill Tax is a devolved tax. 125 companies pay Landfill Tax to HMRC in relation to landfill sites in England. 16 companies pay Landfill Disposal Tax to the Welsh Revenue Authority, along with 1 City Council. 28 companies pay the Scottish Landfill Tax (SLT) to Revenue Scotland, along with 7 Unitary Authorities and 1 Public Body.</p><p> </p><p>As at 20 May 2021 there are approximately 48 HMRC investigators working on landfill tax compliance. Of this number approximately 10 HMRC investigators are looking into the issue of landfill tax fraud.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have a statutory duty of confidentiality to protect information held about taxpayers, so that such information is not passed to unauthorised parties. HMRC’s ability to disclose information held about taxpayers is restricted by the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (CRCA). Section 18 of CRCA makes clear that HMRC must not disclose information to anyone, unless they have lawful authority to do so.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 4544 4546 4547 4548 question first answered 25/05/2021 16:06:30 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1316780

registered interest
date	20/05/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Landfill Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many hon. Members had meetings with HMRC on its investigation into the suspected systematic abuse of the landfill tax system, referred to as Operation Nosedive.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	4548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2021 answer text <p>The response provided related to landfill tax fraud.</p><p> </p><p>Two Honourable Members have met with HMRC on their investigation into the suspected systematic abuse of the landfill tax system, referred to as Operation Nosedive.</p><p> </p><p>Landfill Tax is a devolved tax. 125 companies pay Landfill Tax to HMRC in relation to landfill sites in England. 16 companies pay Landfill Disposal Tax to the Welsh Revenue Authority, along with 1 City Council. 28 companies pay the Scottish Landfill Tax (SLT) to Revenue Scotland, along with 7 Unitary Authorities and 1 Public Body.</p><p> </p><p>As at 20 May 2021 there are approximately 48 HMRC investigators working on landfill tax compliance. Of this number approximately 10 HMRC investigators are looking into the issue of landfill tax fraud.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have a statutory duty of confidentiality to protect information held about taxpayers, so that such information is not passed to unauthorised parties. HMRC’s ability to disclose information held about taxpayers is restricted by the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (CRCA). Section 18 of CRCA makes clear that HMRC must not disclose information to anyone, unless they have lawful authority to do so.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 4544 4545 4546 4547 question first answered 25/05/2021 16:06:30 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1313313

registered interest
date	11/05/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Landfill Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) methodology and (b) evidence HMRC used to estimate the alleged landfill tax fraud at £78 million prior to its raid on Niramax's offices in September 2015.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	78
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2021 answer text <p>Over the last five years HMRC have undertaken interventions into land tax fraud that have closed 1121 risks and generated £1.563 billion of yield.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s statutory duty of taxpayer confidentiality prevent them from commenting on the specifics of any case.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 77 question first answered 19/05/2021 14:02:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1312360

registered interest
date	27/04/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Landfill Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of HMRC's investigation into the suspected systematic abuse of the landfill tax system, referred to as Operation Nosedive.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	188058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>HMRC’s statutory duty of taxpayer confidentiality prevents it from commenting on the specifics of any case. HMRC do not break costs down by individual investigations. They are funded by Government to investigate serious tax fraud and deploy resources to achieve value for money overall.<strong> </strong>HMRC closely collaborates with the Environment Agency, relevant local authorities and the Crown Prosecution Service during the course of investigations into landfill tax fraud. To date there has been no prosecution into landfill tax fraud, but over the last five years, HMRC’s civil compliance activity has prevented more than £1billion in incorrect landfill tax repayment claims and it has stepped in to protect £125m of tax that would otherwise have gone unpaid. Since it was set up in 2016, HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service has secured and protected more than £25bn for our vital public services and has launched over 76,000 civil cases and more than 4,000 criminal investigations, securing 3,700 criminal convictions.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 188059 188060 188061 188062 188063 188064 188065 188066 188070 question first answered 29/04/2021 10:16:36 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1312361

registered interest
date	27/04/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Landfill Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons HMRC's investigation into the suspected systematic abuse of the landfill tax system, referred to as Operation Nosedive, was terminated.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	188059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>HMRC’s statutory duty of taxpayer confidentiality prevents it from commenting on the specifics of any case. HMRC do not break costs down by individual investigations. They are funded by Government to investigate serious tax fraud and deploy resources to achieve value for money overall.<strong> </strong>HMRC closely collaborates with the Environment Agency, relevant local authorities and the Crown Prosecution Service during the course of investigations into landfill tax fraud. To date there has been no prosecution into landfill tax fraud, but over the last five years, HMRC’s civil compliance activity has prevented more than £1billion in incorrect landfill tax repayment claims and it has stepped in to protect £125m of tax that would otherwise have gone unpaid. Since it was set up in 2016, HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service has secured and protected more than £25bn for our vital public services and has launched over 76,000 civil cases and more than 4,000 criminal investigations, securing 3,700 criminal convictions.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 188058 188060 188061 188062 188063 188064 188065 188066 188070 question first answered 29/04/2021 10:16:36 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1312363

registered interest
date	27/04/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Landfill Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many landfill tax fraud cases brought forward by HMRC have resulted in successful prosecutions in the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	188060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>HMRC’s statutory duty of taxpayer confidentiality prevents it from commenting on the specifics of any case. HMRC do not break costs down by individual investigations. They are funded by Government to investigate serious tax fraud and deploy resources to achieve value for money overall.<strong> </strong>HMRC closely collaborates with the Environment Agency, relevant local authorities and the Crown Prosecution Service during the course of investigations into landfill tax fraud. To date there has been no prosecution into landfill tax fraud, but over the last five years, HMRC’s civil compliance activity has prevented more than £1billion in incorrect landfill tax repayment claims and it has stepped in to protect £125m of tax that would otherwise have gone unpaid. Since it was set up in 2016, HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service has secured and protected more than £25bn for our vital public services and has launched over 76,000 civil cases and more than 4,000 criminal investigations, securing 3,700 criminal convictions.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 188058 188059 188061 188062 188063 188064 188065 188066 188070 question first answered 29/04/2021 10:16:36 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1312364

registered interest
date	27/04/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Landfill Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many landfill tax fraud cases in the North East brought forward by HMRC have resulted in successful prosecutions in the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	188061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>HMRC’s statutory duty of taxpayer confidentiality prevents it from commenting on the specifics of any case. HMRC do not break costs down by individual investigations. They are funded by Government to investigate serious tax fraud and deploy resources to achieve value for money overall.<strong> </strong>HMRC closely collaborates with the Environment Agency, relevant local authorities and the Crown Prosecution Service during the course of investigations into landfill tax fraud. To date there has been no prosecution into landfill tax fraud, but over the last five years, HMRC’s civil compliance activity has prevented more than £1billion in incorrect landfill tax repayment claims and it has stepped in to protect £125m of tax that would otherwise have gone unpaid. Since it was set up in 2016, HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service has secured and protected more than £25bn for our vital public services and has launched over 76,000 civil cases and more than 4,000 criminal investigations, securing 3,700 criminal convictions.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 188058 188059 188060 188062 188063 188064 188065 188066 188070 question first answered 29/04/2021 10:16:36 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1312365

registered interest
date	27/04/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Landfill Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) methodology and (b) evidence HMRC used to estimate the alleged landfill tax fraud at £78 million prior to its raid on Niramax's offices in September 2015.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	188062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>HMRC’s statutory duty of taxpayer confidentiality prevents it from commenting on the specifics of any case. HMRC do not break costs down by individual investigations. They are funded by Government to investigate serious tax fraud and deploy resources to achieve value for money overall.<strong> </strong>HMRC closely collaborates with the Environment Agency, relevant local authorities and the Crown Prosecution Service during the course of investigations into landfill tax fraud. To date there has been no prosecution into landfill tax fraud, but over the last five years, HMRC’s civil compliance activity has prevented more than £1billion in incorrect landfill tax repayment claims and it has stepped in to protect £125m of tax that would otherwise have gone unpaid. Since it was set up in 2016, HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service has secured and protected more than £25bn for our vital public services and has launched over 76,000 civil cases and more than 4,000 criminal investigations, securing 3,700 criminal convictions.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 188058 188059 188060 188061 188063 188064 188065 188066 188070 question first answered 29/04/2021 10:16:36 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones